“The Willbound Spire reappeared in the Consciousness Megaverse while I was fighting against the Immortal Lord. The main universe trembled, and countless parallel universes were shattered. I didn’t notice it initially and only discovered it later, while we were waiting for those two toads. I happened to glance at the Consciousness Megaverse and see that it had returned.”
Greater Sancte Green Lotus marveled, “The Tianyuan’s potential truly is amazing, giving birth to one prodigy after another. Here in the Nine Odysseys Megavese, we are only able to surpass the Tianyuan in raw cultivation realm. Among those who stand at the peak, if you were all to become Immortals, then the one standing directly beneath you and me would be Jiang Feng.
“There is no doubt that he will become an Immortal, and the same is true of Tai Chu.”
Lu Yin certainly hoped to see both the Origin Progenitor and Uncle Jiang become Immortals. With a few more such experts, humanity would be able to take its place among fishing civilizations.
He highly doubted that fishing civilizations had a great deal more Immortals than seven.
Humanity did not need the strength to defeat a fishing civilization; they simply needed to approach that level of overall power. That would be enough to deter attacks from foreign civilizations.
When two civilizations collided, if both risked complete ruin, they would both reconsider conflict.
Nobody who reached that height was a fool.
What Lu Yin most eagerly awaited were four individuals: Uncle Jiang, the Origin Progenitor, Mister Mu, and Progenitor Ku.
In regards to Progenitor Ku, Lu Yin was not even eager for the man to become an Immortal, but rather to see how he would advance Extremes Must Be Reversed and comprehend karma. Either the former would undergo a complete metamorphosis, or he would comprehend the latter. Both outcomes would make his future brilliant.
“What about Master Qing Cao?” Greater Sancte Awe Gate suddenly asked, her eyes going cold.
Lu Yin silently met Ku Deng’s gaze.
A gold glint flashed in Greater Sancte Blood Tower’s eyes. “He should have been punished long ago. We must deal with him now and use that to reach Obscura. I want to see how deep those waters run.”
Greater Sancte Green Lotus glanced at Lu Yin. “What are your thoughts?”
Lu Yin’s eyes were heavy. “I want to know, when facing so many Immortals and given another chance, what choice Master Qing Cao will make.”
“What choice? We just need to attack,” Greater Sancte Awe Gate snapped back. She had long since lost all patience with Master Qing Cao.
Lu Yin just stared at Awe Gate. “He may have caught a glimpse of Obscura’s true power.”
Greater Sancte Awe Gate’s eyes flickered. She just nodded, not arguing any further.
Without considering Master Qing Cao, the human civilization had four Immortals. If Kang Tian and Lu Yin were added in, there were six beings capable of fighting against Immortals. Beneath them stood peak experts such as the Origin Progenitor, Jiang Feng, and Mister Mu. No one could say which of them would be the next to break through.
Given the circumstances, if Master Qing Cao chose to fully side with humanity, it would indicate that he believed that humanity had the capability to defeat Obscura, or at least that their human civilization would not be crushed without being able to fight back.
However, if the man still sided with Obscura, that would be a huge problem.
That would show that he still believed that human civilization could not win, that the despair he had once spoken of still applied even with humanity’s improved strength.
Could that even be possible?
Even if Obscura was a fishing civilization, it should not be powerful enough to drive a civilization with so many Immortals to despair.
Seeing Qing Cao’s choice was crucial.
“Ask,” Greater Sancte Green Lotus told Lu Yin. He alone was in a position suitable to question Qing Cao. If the others spoke to him, the man might not even answer.
However, before questioning the man, they first needed to find him.
Master Qing Cao was in the Tianyuan. If he was truly hiding, then not even Greater Sancte Green Lotus could find him.
The Spirit Nidus’s cultivators had already been sent to the Nine Odysseys Megaverse. Logically, Master Qing Cao should have gone as well, but no one had seen him.
At that moment, Mu Zhu arrived.
Seeing multiple Immortals present, she bowed low. “Mu Zhu greets Senior Green Lotus, Senior Blood Tower, Senior Awe Gate, and Senior Ku Deng.”
Greater Sancte Green Lotus smiled at her. “According to age, you might not be any younger than Awe Gate or Ku Deng. There’s no need for such formalities.”
Lu Yin said, “Senior Sister, I asked you here to address something very important regarding your megaverse.”
Mu Zhu’s gaze trembled. “My home?”
Lu Yin nodded. He took out the stone and handed it to the woman while explaining the recent visit to the Thread of Heaven.
After hearing Lu Yin’s account, Mu Zhu’s expression grew grave. Hatred filled her eyes as she blazed with bloodlust. This was something that Lu Yin had never seen in her before: hatred pushed to the absolute extreme.
“I once asked Master, but he said that he would tell me when I was ready. I also asked you, but I received no answer. Now, they’ve come, searching. If I’m right, those looking for Master should be your enemies,” Lu Yin stated.
He might have hoped that those who were searching for Mister Mu were old acquaintances from his native megaverse, but Mu Zhu’s expression made it clear that there were no such acquaintances left.